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New research suggests the sarcophagus’ occupant, previously known only as “the horseman,” is Joachim du Bellay, a French Renaissance poet who died in 1560. When excavations at Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral unearthed a pair of lead coffins hidden beneath the church’s nave in early 2022, archaeologists immediately recognized the sarcophagi’s significance. …
A team of researchers say they have found the “strongest statistical evidence yet that Planet 9 is really out there” in the solar system after studying a population of distant, unstable objects that cross Neptune’s orbit. When it comes to discovering planets, finding them around other stars is actually a …
Nasa says it will be a harmless flyby by the giant rock, one of several near-Earth objects slated to swing by the planet this week. An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7m miles (2.7mkm) of Earth on Friday. Don’t worry: there’s no chance of it hitting …
Throughout his decade as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has allowed debates on previously taboo topics and set in motion subtle shifts toward liberalizing changes that have enraged conservatives for going too far and frustrated progressives for not going far enough. This month, starting on Wednesday, Francis’ …
The mythical female pope is back in the news as an academic uses medieval coins to look for physical evidence of her reign In the late Middle Ages, a popular legend advanced the story of a medieval woman who disguised herself in men’s clothing and ascended to the role …
There may be an undiscovered Earth-like planet lurking within the solar system, according to a team of astronomers looking at the movement of objects in the Kuiper Belt. Finding planets is no simple task, now that we’ve found the ones like Jupiter which were helpful enough to be fairly visible …
